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assignation

noun

ˌa-sig-ˈnā-shən

Definition of assignation

as in appointment

an agreement to be present at a specified time and place a midnight assignation between adulterers at a downtown hotel

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Recent Examples of assignation In preparation for her assignations with Pat at locations in the city agreeable to him, Isabel pays careful attention to her personal style and dress. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 Feb. 2026 Their assignations bump along methodically, PowerPoint-style. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 13 Feb. 2026 The assignations are alleged to have taken place on the job and in the building where all were assigned to provide security. — Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026 Oh, also, that little assignation takes place during Talleyrand’s engagement party, which swiftly segues into a massive pansexual orgy, as such events so often do! — Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 11 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for assignation

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These surrogates, mostly in their 20s and 30s, provide companionship rather than specialized medical care, visiting, chatting, helping clients set up smartphones or accompanying them to medical appointments.

— HUIYEE CHIEW AND LYRIC LI THE WASHINGTON POST, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2026
Rådström became only the second woman to lead a company in the DAX 40 upon her appointment in 2024 and is one of only 43 women CEOs in the Fortune 500 Europe.

— Sam Forsdick, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of appointment

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Cazares’ far-off next court date, not until 2028, is not atypical, Meinecke said, given the backlog of cases in the fallout of the blitz.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Finneas, who was scheduled to join Sheeran for a run of South American dates later this year, also pulled out, while Irish folk group Beoga — longtime collaborators who had been performing as part of Sheeran’s live show — exited as well.

— Anna Tingley, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

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The mission was relatively short, just three days, and included two spacewalks, and what NASA calls the first orbital rendezvous and docking with an Agena target vehicle (the first in-space docking occurred three missions earlier on Gemini 8).

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 14 Sep. 2026
After a nine-minute ascent—which was filmed on board for TBS to broadcast—and a two-day rendezvous, the three crew members arrived at the Mir space station.

— Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 2 Sep. 2026

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